Innovative Liquid Handling Solutions for Every Application
Introduction
Over 60 years ago, Eppendorf launched the first manufactured pipette and drastically changed how researchers transfer liquid volumes. Since then, the company has continuously grown and evolved alongside scientists, offering a comprehensive range of liquid handling solutions, including mechanical and electronic pipettes, adjustable tip spacing models, and automated liquid handling systems. These tools not only support a broad spectrum of scientific workflows, from routine tasks to complex, high-throughput experiments, but also help streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve the reproducibility of results. As a result, Eppendorf’s liquid handling technologies are accelerating scientific discovery in the life sciences field. With each tool offering distinct advantages for specific applications, all liquid handling technologies have a place in a scientist’s toolbox.
Exploring Eppendorf’s Legacy in Liquid Handling
1961 - Developed the first commercially available manual piston-stroke pipette, called the Marburg Pipette
1978 - Introduced their inaugural manual dispenser, the Repeater®/Multipette® 4780
1993 - Produced their first electronic dispensing system, the EDOS® 5222 metering system
1994 - Launched their initial manual multi-channel pipette, the Titerman
2003 - Manufactured their first automated liquid handling system, the epMotion® 5070
2006 - Created their earliest handheld electronic dispensers, the Repeater®/Multipette® stream and Xstream
2020 - Unveiled their Move It® adjustable tip spacing pipettes
2025 - Offered even more flexibility and precision in the lab through automation solutions and high-quality tools such as the Eppendorf Research® 3 neo
Handling Difficult Liquids and Sensitive Samples with Ease
The user-friendly Eppendorf Xplorer® electronic pipettes excel when working with challenging liquids, such as volatile, viscous, or foaming solutions. Researchers can easily adjust both aspiration and dispense speeds, which is ideal when handling sensitive samples.
Efficient Pipetting for High-Throughput Applications
The semi-automated epMotion 96 Flex features simultaneous 96-channel pipetting for efficient processing of 96-well and 384-well plates. This benchtop instrument is ideal for labor-intensive and time-sensitive tasks, such as reformatting compound libraries, seeding cells, and performing enzymatic assays.
Simplify Assay Setup with Flexible Tip Spacing
The versatile Move It multi-channel pipettes enable scientists to quickly alter tip spacing for smooth liquid transfers between various vessel formats. This flexibility is particularly beneficial for assays such as PCR and ELISA, where frequent format changes often necessitate the use of multiple pipettes.
A Pipette Perfect for Personalization and Flexibility
The Research 3 neo provides flexibility in daily laboratory work. The new volume gear shift lets scientists adjust settings faster, a volume lock provides more control, a shorter control button reduces strain, and colorful marking rings help personalize pipettes. This tool adapts to the user—not the other way around.
Dependable Performance for Everyday Use
Precise, lightweight, and ergonomically designed, the Eppendorf Research plus mechanical pipettes are ideal for routine laboratory tasks such as aliquoting reagents, transferring samples, removing supernatants, and preparing solutions.
Precision Automation for Demanding Laboratory Workflows
The fully automated epMotion 5073 and 5075 liquid handlers execute entire protocols with minimal user intervention, which frees researchers up to focus on other tasks. These high-performance yet user-friendly systems simplify and streamline complex workflows including next-generation sequencing library preparation, which typically involves hundreds of precise pipetting steps.
